How to Use bigwig in a Sentence

bigwig

noun

• He’d shown the script to his bigwig boss who said, ‘I just don’t get it.
  — Logan Hill, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2016
• Many of the bigwigs don’t seem to have caught on to the brewing frustrations.
  — Malaika Jabali, Essence, 1 Aug. 2023
• That's not the first time a Costco bigwig stood firm on the hot dog combo price.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• The artist recently sold out a bigwig-heavy gig at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
• People close to Mr Hernández say that PN bigwigs paid for some of the protests.
  — The Economist, 2 Aug. 2019
• Glenn took about ten up with him; the rest went to the president and other bigwigs.
  — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
• Even bigwigs such as OYO and Ola are still burning cash.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 13 Nov. 2019
• There's a long list of other reasons bigwigs trade in their seat at the table or on the field.
  — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2019
• The plan is for Roy to nip to Mars and, once there, to read out a typewritten message to his dad from the bigwigs back on Earth.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2019
• As the afternoon wore on, Schiff seemed to relax a bit in his bigwig chair.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• As the afternoon wore on, Mr. Schiff seemed to relax a bit in his bigwig chair.
  — Mark Leibovich, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2019
• The bronze bigwig, who was created in 2011, had just spent a decade on display in Paris.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• So Fing goes to work in the household of a local bigwig and his fancy German wife.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 21 June 2019
• Among the 15 defendants are the current boss of Eni and some former bigwigs from Shell.
  — The Economist, 26 May 2018
• Many more were grabbed by bigwigs who won permits for projects and let their foreign partners do the work.
  — The Economist, 5 May 2018
• So much for the old way of doing business with City Hall, when bigwigs had the mayor on speed dial.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• But in the Trump-era politics of disruption, the backing of the party and its bigwigs may not be enough.
  — Reid J. Epstein, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
• So this is a call out to any Hollywood bigwigs: Please make this happen!
  — Jabeen Waheed, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2023
• The lobby, dotted with white leather love seats and lit with a purple glow, had the feel of a private lounge for Vegas bigwigs.
  — Davy Rothbart, GQ, 18 July 2017
• But unlike those bigwigs, Green is known for, and only known for, this issue.
  — Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
• But unlike those bigwigs, Green is known for, and only known for, this issue.
  — Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 17 June 2024
• There were the bigwigs gussied up in black tie, the fine china decorated in gold, the long red carpet, the thoughtful toasts.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• One question all the labor bigwigs are asking in private: Who stands the best chance of winning?
  — Matier & Ross, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018
• Reaction from Auburn supporters ranged from surprise to shock, and that goes for the fans in the streets as well as the bigwigs in the stadium suites.
  — Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com, 18 Jan. 2018
• The two bigwigs have even irked their networks with high commissions touching up to 30%.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 5 Mar. 2020
• All these bigwigs make money off our eating crap food and getting sick.
  — Timothy Finn, kansascity, 2 Feb. 2018
• The club’s oldest member, the man who’d devoted so much time and love to this small slice of San Francisco, came before the bigwigs.
  — Beth Spotswood, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2018
• Middle managers are feeling the heat as bigwigs like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg wield the axe, leaving fewer heads to handle the mess.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
• Three dozen assorted Olympics bigwigs from around the world were gathered at a 50-foot oval table under bright lights.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
• Wall Street has rotated out of the tech bigwigs that led stocks higher over the past year in favor of smaller stocks that have been beaten down by sky-high rates.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024